Pennsylvania was governed by a member of the Penn family until the beginning of the Revolutionary War. -Passive voice
The colony remained committed to William Penn's ideals for this span of so very many, long years. -Wordiness
As governor of the colony, the first constitution was written by Penn and called for an elected legislature. -Subject-verb agreement error
Penn's Christian values extended to the Native Americans, he paid them for the land and refused to exploit them. -Comma splice
A Quaker, Penn sort of hoped Pennsylvania would be a haven for his fellow Quakers who faced continual persecution in England. -Informal word
William Penn valued religious freedom and self-government, he established the colony of Pennsylvania in 1682 as a welcoming land for others with similar values. Pronoun-antecedent agreement.
Several grammatical and stylistic blunders occurred in the sentences above. Wordiness occurred when several words that would have been substituted for just one were used. Subject-verb agreement error happened when the verb did not correlate with the subject in the sentence.
'Sort of hoped' is an informal phrase. Passive voice occurs when the subject received the action of the verb. Pronoun-antecedent agreement error is the absence of a symbiotic relationship between the pronoun and the phrases that come after it.
When talking about recycling, people don't seem to consider the recycling of clothing.
The comma should be placed between the first use of recycling and people. The subordinate clause is "when talking about recycling". This is a clause because of the word "when". When makes the reader wonder when what? The main clause is "people don't seem to consider the recycling of clothing."
This is a great line and sequence from this play. If you haven't already seen the film version with Daniel Day-Lewis, please do so. Day-Lewis delivers the above line in such a way that it is the part that I remember the most.
At this point in the play, John Proctor has already admitted to the court that he committed adultery with Abigail Williams. In essence, he has intentionally hurt his reputation in the community. Many people looked up to Proctor as a good, strong, and moral man, but the adultery will taint that image.
The court asks John to sign his name and admit to witchcraft, and John refuses to let the court keep the paper that he signed. John is okay with his reputation being hurt because he was trying to save others, but he is not okay with his name (and his family's name) being tainted by...
